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NEBRASKA STATE HOIITICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Birds, as destroyers of weed seeds, 55 



better known than other animals, 50 



distribution of, 51 



fond of joking, 5;2 



food-habits of, 53, 54, 56 



how numerous, £0, 53, 54 



list of Nebraska, 57-163 



migration of, 51 



Nebraska as a home for, 57 



nest building of, 52 



numbers of insects destroyed by, 54 



plumage of, 52 



remarks about, in general, 50-56 



speed of flight, 51 



their relation to horticulture, 50 



their relation to other animals, 50 



variation of, in size, 51 



Gallinaceous, 78 



Perching, 113 



of prey, 84 

 Bittern, 68 



Least, 68 



love-song of, 52 

 Blackbird, Brewer's, 128 



Crow, 129, 130 



food-habits of, 129, 130 



Red-winged, 124, 125 



Rusty, 128 



Yellow-headed, 124, 125 

 Bluebird, 163 



Rocky Mountain, 163 



Western, 163 

 Bluebirds, food-habits of, 161 

 Bobolink, 124 

 Bob-white, 79, 80 

 Bonassa umbellus, 81 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, 68 

 Brant, 67 

 Braata bernicla, 67 



canadensis, 67 



canadensis hutchinsii, 67 

 Brants, 62 

 Brown Thrush as an insect destroyer, 56 



injuring apples, 56 

 Bunting, Baird's, 135 



Black-throated, 141 



Indigo, 141 



Lark, 135, 141 



Bunting, Lazuli, 141 



Snow, 133 

 Bubo virginianus, 99 



virginianus arcticus, 100 



virginianus saturatus, 100 



virginianus subarcticus, 100 

 Bubonidae, 96 

 Buteo borealis, 89 



boreal is calurus, 90 



borealis harlani, 90 



borealis kriderii, 90 



latissimus, 91 



lineatus, 90 



swainsoni, 91 

 Buzzard, Ferruginous, 92 



Turkey, 85 



Calamospiza melanocorys, 141 

 Calcarius lapponicus, 133 



ornatus, 134 



pictus, 134 

 Calidris arenaria, 74 

 Campephilus principalis, 107 

 Camp Robber, 118 

 Caprimulgidse, 112 

 Cardinalis cardinalis, 140 

 Carpodacus cassini, 130, 131 



purpureus, 130 

 Carrion Crow, nature of food, 86 

 Catbird, 154, 155 



food-habits of, 156 

 Catharista atrata, 85 

 Cathartes aura, 85 

 Cathartidse, 85 



Centrocercus urophasianus, 83 

 Ceophlajus pileatus, 109 

 Certhia familiaris americana, 159 



familiaris montana, 159 

 Certhiidie, 159 

 Ceryle alcyon, 104 

 Chaitura pelagica, 113 

 Charadriidaj, 76 

 Charadrius dominicus, 76 



squatarola, 76 

 Charitonetta albeola, 65 

 Chat, Long- tailed, 153 



Yellow-breasted, 153 

 Chelidon erythrogastra, 142 



